save

noun

1. (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring

e.g. the goalie made a brilliant save
the relief pitcher got credit for a save

verb

1. make unnecessary an expenditure or effort

e.g. This will save money
I'll save you the trouble
This will save you a lot of time

Synonym: make unnecessary

2. record data on a computer

e.g. boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk

Synonym: write

3. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use

e.g. She saved the old family photographs in a drawer

Synonym: preserve

4. accumulate money for future use

e.g. He saves half his salary

Synonym: lay asidesave up

5. spend less
buy at a reduced price

6. retain rights to

e.g. keep my job for me while I give birth
keep my seat, please
keep open the possibility of a merger

Synonym: keep openhold openkeep

7. spend sparingly, avoid the waste of

e.g. This move will save money
The less fortunate will have to economize now

Synonym: economizeeconomise

8. refrain from harming

Synonym: spare

9. save from ruin, destruction, or harm

Synonym: salvagesalverelieve

10. save from sins

Synonym: deliverredeem

11. bring into safety

e.g. We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack

Synonym: carry throughpull throughbring through

1. 拯救;搭救;挽救;救助
If you save someone or something, you help them to avoid harm or to escape from a dangerous or unpleasant situation.

e.g. ...a final attempt to save 40,000 jobs in Britain's troubled aero industry...
为保住陷入困境中的英国航空业的 4 万份工作所作的最后一次努力
e.g. One man was still missing last night after the Belgian trawler Lucky capsized off the Dutch coast. Three other men were saved...
昨晚比利时拖网渔船“幸运号”在荷兰海岸附近沉没后，仍有1人失踪，其余 3 人被救起。

2. 储蓄;积攒;攒钱
If you save, you gradually collect money by spending less than you get, usually in order to buy something that you want.

e.g. The majority of people intend to save, but find that by the end of the month there is nothing left...
大多数人都打算存钱，但月末时就会发现已一文不剩。
e.g. Tim and Barbara are now saving for a house in the suburbs...
蒂姆和芭芭拉正在攒钱，准备在郊区买一栋房子。

3. 节省;节约
If you save something such as time or money, you prevent the loss or waste of it.

e.g. It saves time in the kitchen to have things you use a lot within reach...
把厨房里常用的东西放在触手可及的地方能节省做饭时间。
e.g. More cash will be saved by shutting studios and selling outside-broadcast vehicles...
通过关闭演播室和出售实况转播车将节省更多资金。

4. 保留;留下
If you save something, you keep it because it will be needed later.

e.g. Drain the beans thoroughly and save the stock for soup...
将豆角彻底控干，并把滤出的豆汁留下做汤。
e.g. Scraps of material were saved, cut up and pieced together for quilts.
边角碎料都保留下来，剪好后拼在一起做成被子。

5. 免去;省去;使免受
If someone or something saves you from an unpleasant action or experience, they change the situation so that you do not have to do it or experience it.

e.g. The scanner will save risk and pain for patients...
扫描仪将使病人免遭风险和痛苦。
e.g. She was hoping that something might save her from having to make a decision...
她希望有什么能使自己不必作决定。

6. 保存;存盘
If you save data in a computer, you give the computer an instruction to store the data on a tape or disk.

save

e.g. Try to get into the habit of saving your work regularly...
要努力养成经常将工作内容存盘的习惯。
e.g. Import your scanned images from the scanner and save as a JPG file.
从扫描仪导入扫描后的图像，并保存为 JPG 文件。

7. 救(球)
If a goalkeeper saves, or saves a shot, they succeed in preventing the ball from going into the goal.

e.g. He saved one shot when the ball hit him on the head.
球砸中他的脑袋，从而让他化解了一次射门。

8. 除…之外
You can use save to introduce the only things, people, or ideas that your main statement does not apply to.

e.g. There is almost no water at all in Mochudi save that brought up from bore holes.
除了从钻孔中抽上来的水外，莫丘迪几乎滴水无存。

9. to save someone's bacon -> see bacon
to save the day -> see day
to save face -> see face

相关词组：save up

1. save的反义词

1. 保存文件：其中有输入文件(Get),保存文件(Save)等. 如果你AutoCAD应用较熟练,则可用它画好三维立体图,用File>Convert>DXF>Read命令读取图形,然后还要进行曲面构造. 等你完成一幅图的曲面构造后,还要进行曲面分析,

2. save：systematic alien verification entitlements; 相异系统验证权

3. save：struggle against violent extremism; 反对暴力极端主义斗争